Paul gives his verdict on whether Forest got a good deal financially out of the striker’s move and whether some further transfer activity may soon be on the horizon.

“It was a reasonable deal. I’m not sure you would say it was a good one because you don’t want to see your best players sold,” he said.

“In defence of Forest, they didn’t have a huge amount they could do about it, given the £15m bid from Middlesbrough actually met the clause in Britt’s contract that allowed him to move to another club.

Britt Assombalonga has made the move to Teeside (Image: Dan Westwell)

“It was put in place when he signed his new five-year contract shortly after August last year.

“From the moment Middlesbrough activated that clause, he was free to choose whether he went or not.

“The new hierarchy were largely helpless. We can’t blame them for seeing the player depart.”